Mars
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Jan Saenredam (engravers (printmakers)),
Hendrick Goltzius (after)
,
Cornelius Schonaeus (author)
Date
1596Period
16th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The naked Mars stands on a pedestal amidst an army as ruler of the arts of war. He holds a sword and halberd in his hands, a shield leans against his leg. Surrounding Mars are soldiers on foot and on horseback, in the foreground a drummer. In the sky we see the symbols of the constellations ram (left) and scorpion…
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The naked Mars stands on a pedestal amidst an army as ruler of the arts of war. He holds a sword and halberd in his hands, a shield leans against his leg. Surrounding Mars are soldiers on foot and on horseback, in the foreground a drummer. In the sky we see the symbols of the constellations ram (left) and scorpion (right). The print is part of a series of seven representations called the planetary gods.
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